Meaning not yet researched.
Linda: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 294 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 1952.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 1952; #902 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Linda in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#902 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1952, at #1.
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Linda: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 294 girls in 2025. Peak: #1 in 1952 · most girls in one year: 99,692 (1947).
In 2025, 294 US girls were named Linda, making it the 902nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 66 places from #836 in 2024. That is 30 fewer than the 324 girls named Linda in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1, reached in 1952. The most girls given the name in a single year was 99,692, in 1947. For comparison, it was #666 in 2015 and #1 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Linda in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 27 babies with the name. In all, 1,458,899 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 565,533 babies named Linda.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,570 US girls were named Linda; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 444. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,467 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Linda ranked highest in Pennsylvania in 2025, at #299 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mila (84,577 babies since 1880), Lynda (78,098 babies since 1880), Lina (19,494 babies since 1880) and Lida (5,921 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Olinda, Lenda and Lynnda are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Lindy and Lynn.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Czech, Dutch, Italian and Latvian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Olinda (1,066), Lenda (872), Lynnda (676), Linde (442), Ludmilla (242), Leanda (215), Leonda (213), Linday (133), Lyudmila (27), Lyndah (7), Llinda (6), Linnda (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 34 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 37 | #299 | #342 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #542 | #491 |
| North Carolina | 19 | #570 | #696 |
| Arkansas | 5 | #626 | #648 |
| Arizona | 9 | #724 | #688 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #751 | #605 |
| Indiana | 8 | #770 | — |
| Ohio | 12 | #774 | #680 |
| Texas | 38 | #791 | #624 |
| Michigan | 9 | #832 | #699 |
| Florida | 18 | #900 | #688 |
| California | 31 | #926 | #472 |
| New York | 14 | #1,064 | #771 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,068 | #568 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,078 | #899 |
| New Jersey | 6 | #1,104 | #754 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,691 | #1,022 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 294 | #902 | — | — |
| 2024 | 324 | #836 | — | — |
| 2023 | 324 | #841 | — | — |
| 2022 | 352 | #802 | — | — |
| 2021 | 328 | #844 | — | — |
| 2020 | 334 | #815 | — | — |
| 2019 | 362 | #769 | — | — |
| 2018 | 398 | #718 | — | — |
| 2017 | 410 | #704 | — | — |
| 2016 | 444 | #663 | — | — |
| 2015 | 429 | #666 | — | — |
| 2014 | 475 | #612 | — | — |
| 2013 | 447 | #627 | — | — |
| 2012 | 450 | #634 | — | — |
| 2011 | 491 | #590 | — | — |
| 2010 | 480 | #615 | — | — |
| 2009 | 555 | #549 | — | — |
| 2008 | 614 | #507 | — | — |
| 2007 | 662 | #492 | — | — |
| 2006 | 700 | #451 | — | — |
| 2005 | 754 | #415 | — | — |
| 2004 | 731 | #419 | — | — |
| 2003 | 741 | #409 | — | — |
| 2002 | 773 | #382 | — | — |
| 2001 | 839 | #354 | — | — |
| 2000 | 851 | #357 | — | — |
| 1999 | 900 | #336 | — | — |
| 1998 | 972 | #313 | — | — |
| 1997 | 1,099 | #264 | — | — |
| 1996 | 987 | #293 | — | — |
| 1995 | 1,234 | #231 | — | — |
| 1994 | 1,284 | #221 | 11 | #5,306 |
| 1993 | 1,488 | #198 | 7 | #7,295 |
| 1992 | 1,582 | #191 | 12 | #4,750 |
| 1991 | 1,608 | #187 | 10 | #5,338 |
| 1990 | 1,661 | #175 | 11 | #4,875 |
| 1989 | 1,844 | #157 | 17 | #3,393 |
| 1988 | 1,845 | #155 | 9 | #5,051 |
| 1987 | 1,931 | #142 | 15 | #3,286 |
| 1986 | 1,950 | #148 | 21 | #2,576 |
| 1985 | 2,114 | #137 | 12 | #3,714 |
| 1984 | 2,336 | #119 | 12 | #3,591 |
| 1983 | 2,474 | #119 | 24 | #2,181 |
| 1982 | 2,791 | #107 | 19 | #2,567 |
| 1981 | 2,728 | #111 | 15 | #2,976 |
| 1980 | 2,806 | #110 | 18 | #2,681 |
| 1979 | 2,739 | #114 | 16 | #2,854 |
| 1978 | 2,932 | #100 | 15 | #2,871 |
| 1977 | 2,912 | #99 | 22 | #2,176 |
| 1976 | 3,138 | #90 | 12 | #3,184 |
| 1975 | 3,522 | #81 | 20 | #2,259 |
| 1974 | 4,077 | #75 | 21 | #2,090 |
| 1973 | 4,731 | #61 | 20 | #2,087 |
| 1972 | 5,742 | #51 | 33 | #1,491 |
| 1971 | 7,376 | #42 | 27 | #1,729 |
| 1970 | 8,731 | #38 | 38 | #1,363 |
| 1969 | 10,246 | #33 | 49 | #1,119 |
| 1968 | 11,371 | #28 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1967 | 13,196 | #26 | 33 | #1,327 |
| 1966 | 15,566 | #18 | 53 | #1,001 |
| 1965 | 19,345 | #8 | 63 | #933 |
| 1964 | 23,629 | #8 | 93 | #783 |
| 1963 | 27,727 | #5 | 85 | #824 |
| 1962 | 31,461 | #5 | 85 | #828 |
| 1961 | 35,597 | #4 | 86 | #830 |
| 1960 | 37,316 | #3 | 96 | #779 |
| 1959 | 40,410 | #3 | 121 | #700 |
| 1958 | 41,904 | #3 | 95 | #765 |
| 1957 | 44,517 | #3 | 120 | #697 |
| 1956 | 48,084 | #3 | 107 | #711 |
| 1955 | 51,300 | #3 | 104 | #718 |
| 1954 | 55,371 | #2 | 116 | #670 |
| 1953 | 61,281 | #2 | 114 | #667 |
| 1952 | 67,082 | #1 | 137 | #605 |
| 1951 | 73,982 | #1 | 125 | #631 |
| 1950 | 80,433 | #1 | 130 | #601 |
| 1949 | 91,015 | #1 | 169 | #512 |
| 1948 | 96,220 | #1 | 207 | #463 |
| 1947 | 99,692 | #1 | 216 | #458 |
| 1946 | 52,710 | #2 | 115 | #601 |
| 1945 | 41,465 | #2 | 111 | #578 |
| 1944 | 38,415 | #3 | 114 | #576 |
| 1943 | 38,439 | #4 | 137 | #539 |
| 1942 | 31,613 | #4 | 121 | #558 |
| 1941 | 23,721 | #5 | 80 | #685 |
| 1940 | 18,370 | #8 | 59 | #814 |
| 1939 | 10,713 | #15 | 44 | #950 |
| 1938 | 7,047 | #31 | 28 | #1,266 |
| 1937 | 4,378 | #49 | 19 | #1,609 |
| 1936 | 2,440 | #97 | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1935 | 1,197 | #165 | 10 | #2,477 |
| 1934 | 1,000 | #182 | — | — |
| 1933 | 782 | #216 | 9 | #2,651 |
| 1932 | 774 | #219 | 5 | #4,078 |
| 1931 | 535 | #269 | — | — |
| 1930 | 492 | #299 | — | — |
| 1929 | 509 | #289 | 7 | #3,426 |
| 1928 | 555 | #278 | — | — |
| 1927 | 516 | #295 | — | — |
| 1926 | 480 | #305 | — | — |
| 1925 | 438 | #320 | 6 | #4,000 |
| 1924 | 454 | #314 | — | — |
| 1923 | 423 | #313 | — | — |
| 1922 | 365 | #339 | — | — |
| 1921 | 367 | #341 | — | — |
| 1920 | 348 | #353 | — | — |
| 1919 | 282 | #386 | — | — |
| 1918 | 322 | #359 | — | — |
| 1917 | 291 | #370 | — | — |
| 1916 | 297 | #356 | — | — |
| 1915 | 290 | #349 | — | — |
| 1914 | 219 | #358 | — | — |
| 1913 | 238 | #307 | — | — |
| 1912 | 189 | #329 | — | — |
| 1911 | 130 | #352 | — | — |
| 1910 | 137 | #336 | — | — |
| 1909 | 105 | #354 | — | — |
| 1908 | 93 | #373 | — | — |
| 1907 | 102 | #350 | — | — |
| 1906 | 98 | #337 | — | — |
| 1905 | 105 | #330 | — | — |
| 1904 | 101 | #323 | — | — |
| 1903 | 90 | #330 | — | — |
| 1902 | 91 | #327 | — | — |
| 1901 | 86 | #327 | — | — |
| 1900 | 125 | #295 | — | — |
| 1899 | 98 | #298 | — | — |
| 1898 | 102 | #311 | — | — |
| 1897 | 81 | #327 | — | — |
| 1896 | 104 | #287 | — | — |
| 1895 | 96 | #290 | — | — |
| 1894 | 94 | #285 | — | — |
| 1893 | 82 | #301 | — | — |
| 1892 | 83 | #296 | — | — |
| 1891 | 78 | #283 | — | — |
| 1890 | 54 | #348 | — | — |
| 1889 | 74 | #279 | — | — |
| 1888 | 77 | #264 | — | — |
| 1887 | 50 | #304 | — | — |
| 1886 | 49 | #295 | — | — |
| 1885 | 60 | #257 | — | — |
| 1884 | 33 | #345 | — | — |
| 1883 | 49 | #257 | — | — |
| 1882 | 36 | #295 | — | — |
| 1881 | 38 | #265 | — | — |
| 1880 | 27 | #305 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).